Ex-LAPD cop suspected in killing of coach, fiancé
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Police said Wednesday night they are looking for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected in the shootings of a Cal State Fullerton basketball coach and her fiancé, and they say the man is armed and dangerous.
Former LAPD officer and U.S. Navy reservist Christopher Dorner is a suspect in the killings of Monica Quan, 28, and Keith Lawrence, 27, who were found shot to death in their car at a parking structure Sunday night, Irvine police Chief David L. Maggard said at a news conference.
Maggard says Dorner, who was an LAPD officer until his dismissal in2009, implicated himself in the killings with a multi-page manifesto he wrote that was obtained by police. Maggard gave no further details on the manifesto or its contents.
Police do not know Dorner's whereabouts, but his last address was in La Palma, Calif., and they are seeking the public's help in finding him, the chief said.
Dorner is expected to be armed and dangerous, and Maggard encouraged anyone who sees him to immediately call 911. Police said he may be driving a blue, 2005 Nissan Titan pickup truck.
The chief said the LAPD and FBI are assisting in the search.
Quan, an assistant women's basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton, is the daughter of a former LAPD captain, Randal Quan, who retired in 2002 and later worked as chief of police at Cal Poly, Pomona.
Lawrence, her fiancé, was a public safety officer at the University of Southern California.
Autopsies showed both were killed by multiple gunshot wounds in the parking structure at their condominium in Irvine.
Former LAPD officer and U.S. Navy reservist Christopher Dorner is a suspect in the killings of Monica Quan, 28, and Keith Lawrence, 27, who were found shot to death in their car at a parking structure Sunday night, Irvine police Chief David L. Maggard said at a news conference.
Maggard says Dorner, who was an LAPD officer until his dismissal in2009, implicated himself in the killings with a multi-page manifesto he wrote that was obtained by police. Maggard gave no further details on the manifesto or its contents.
Police do not know Dorner's whereabouts, but his last address was in La Palma, Calif., and they are seeking the public's help in finding him, the chief said.
Dorner is expected to be armed and dangerous, and Maggard encouraged anyone who sees him to immediately call 911. Police said he may be driving a blue, 2005 Nissan Titan pickup truck.
The chief said the LAPD and FBI are assisting in the search.
Quan, an assistant women's basketball coach at Cal State Fullerton, is the daughter of a former LAPD captain, Randal Quan, who retired in 2002 and later worked as chief of police at Cal Poly, Pomona.
Lawrence, her fiancé, was a public safety officer at the University of Southern California.
Autopsies showed both were killed by multiple gunshot wounds in the parking structure at their condominium in Irvine.
According to a story on the LA Times website, area officers have been involved in two separate shootings this morning wherein the officers have shot innocent citizens who happen to be driving dark import pickups. The following was copied from the LA Times story.   Â
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"As authorities swarmed the area, two officer-involved shootings occurred in Torrance after police came across vehicles they thought might be Dorner's.
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The first Torrance incident occurred about 5:20 a.m. in the 19500 block of Redbeam Avenue in Torrance, Lt. Devin Chase said. That incident involved Los Angeles police detectives from the Hollywood division, sources said.
Two people were struck by gunfire and transported to an area hospital with unknown injuries, Chase said. No officers were injured.
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The second incident, which involved Torrance police officers, occurred at Flagler Lane and Beryl Street about 5:45 a.m. No injuries were reported in that incident.
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Chase said both incidents involved vehicles matching the description of the one sought in connection with Dorner.
"Now it appears neither of them are directly related," Chase said. "In both of them, officers believed they were at the time."
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Wow!!!
seriously KATU, you can't even include a pic of the perp?
What, you search for the shooter and post the victim picture, not even the license plate, that sweet.Â
 @tptpttp AP must think it's "Cover Girl".
Sometimes I think their stories are typed by monkeys.
http://www.foxsportswest.com/02/06/13/Christopher-dorner-named-suspect-in-coach-slaying/msn_landing.html?blockID=860225&feedID=3707>1=39002
Found them.
@tptpttp  This is my last resort," he wrote. "The LAPD has suppressed the truth and it has now led to deadly consequences."
It wouldn't be the first time LAPD was involved in a cover-up. You should have just written a book about it all instead of killing innocent people.
Here's hoping law enforcement saving us all some tax money.